NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street got back to rising on Wednesday, while the price of gold pushed further past $4,000 per ounce .
The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% a day after snapping a seven-day winning streak and set its latest all-time high . The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down by 1 point, or less than 0.1%, while the Nasdaq composite rose 1.1% to its own record.
Trading has been relatively muted recently following the U.S. government’s latest shutdown . The closure has delayed the release of several major economic reports that usually move the market. Stocks have been drifting without them or other signals to change expectations for cuts to interest rates by the Federal Reserve , one of the major reasons the stock market has surged since April.
Another force that’s pushed the